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Why Did the German Invasion of Belgium Lead to Massacres of Civilians in 1914? - The Myth of the Schlieffen Plan and the Invasion of Belgium | Sleepy Facts About History
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In August 1914, the German army attempted to move nearly a million men through neutral Belgium to quickly defeat France before turning east to face Russia. The operation is widely remembered as the Schlieffen Plan, a brilliant and rigid blueprint supposedly ruined by a cautious successor. That version of events is a historical myth. The actual invasion was based on an evolving strategic concept that collided with geographical reality, unexpected resistance, and the limits of…
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